WEEKEND CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Notes casually played? (10,5) 9 Little Catherine by lorry had purgative medicine (9) 10 Some yokels originally from Scottish town (5) 11 Eggy perhaps when you shortly left Kentucky (5) 12 Linesman to play (9) 13 A footballer taken thus by surprise (5) 15 Overcrowded conserve in case (3-6) 17 Medal from revolution is in bad shape (9) 19 Mountainous rustic Bill left (5) 21 Break open fish or meat (9) 23 US soldier took Shetland fiddle to dance (5) 24 One gets endless darkness at home in the far north (5) 25 Excess tan removed with precision (9) 26 Hurry up, prepare to go on the rink (3,4,6,2) DOWN 1 Irritable on tree having grasping nature (5,4) 2 Tom placed a record on a tree (7) 3 Diana and Ray translating record that is dated (5) 4 Celebrated without the editor (5) 5 Hailed Bill and Edward who had accepted the demand (9) 6 Produce one dish but do it badly (4,1,4) 7 Sailor Alexander in southern Scotland (7) 8 In favour of being taken up in Connecticut farm (5) 14 Price adapted for being taken to pieces? (5-4) 15 Nervousness of frogs perhaps (9) 16 500 stormy years, lad, when there’s lack of rain (3,6) 18 This is not bound to be distributed (7) 20 Drunk not having support (7) 21 Hundred with Heather in hold (5) 22 Greek accepted the Parisian individual who’s dazzling (5) 23 Reached shirt caught in butter (3,2)